Quiçama (Portuguese spelling), Quissama or Kisama (Bantu spelling) is one of the nine ''municípios'' (

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) that make up the province of Luanda, as per the new administrative division of the province (the others being,

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, Belas, Cazenga,

Cacuaco Cacuaco is a city and one of the nine municipalities that make up the province of Luanda. A suburb of the capital, Luanda, it has a population of 1,279,488 (2019). Administrative divisions The Municipality of Cacuaco is made up of three commun ...

, Viana and Icolo e Bengo). It covers an

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of and its

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as of 2014 is 26,546. The municipal seat is the village of

Muxima Muxima is a town and commune in the municipality of Quiçama, Luanda Province, Angola. The village, located by Kwanza river, was occupied in 1589 by the Portuguese who erected a church and a fortress in 1599. Muxima means "heart" in Kimbundu. It ...

. Quiçama is bordered to the north by the municipalities of Viana and Icolo e Bengo, to the east by the municipalities of

Cambambe Cambambe is a municipality in Cuanza Norte Province in Angola. It is the site of a hydroelectric dam on the Cuanza River The Kwanza River, also known as the Coanza, the Quanza, and the Cuanza, is one of the longest rivers in Angola. It empt ...

Libolo Libolo is a municipality in Cuanza Sul Province in Angola, with the town of Calulo Calulo is a town, with a population of 44,000 (2014), and a commune in the municipality of Libolo, province of Cuanza Sul, Angola and the seat A seat is a plac ...

and

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, to the south by the municipalities of

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and

Porto Amboim Porto Amboim is a port town in Cuanza Sul Province, Angola with a population of 65,000; it comprises an area of 4,638 km. In the past Porto Amboim was connected by an isolated 123 km narrow gauge railway to Gabela, albeit closed in 19 ...

, and to the west by the

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. Part of the municipality is occupied by the Quiçama National Park ( pt, Parque Nacional da Quiçama).

History

In the 1580s Kafuxi ka Mbari was the recognized defender of this area. In the 1580s he and the Portuguese based out of Luanda asserted his authority here. In 1594 Francisco de Almeida with the support of Pedro Alvares Rebello waged warfare to remove Kafuxi ka Mbari from power. Kafuxi ka Mbari defeated the forces under Almeida. John K. Thornton. ''History of West Central Africa'' (Cambridge University Press, 2020) p. 101

Administrative division

The municipality of Quiçama is made up of five ''comunas'' (communes), as follows: *

Cabo Ledo Cabo Ledo is a commune in the municipality of Quicama, Luanda Province, Angola. See also * Communes of Angola The Communes of Angola ( pt, comunas) are administrative units in Angola after municipalities. The 163 municipalities of Angola ...

* Demba Chio * Mumbondo *

* Quixinge

References

Municipalities in Luanda Populated places in Luanda Province {{Angola-geo-stub